Anesthesia Malpractice in DC - 2 Causes And How to Recover

Anesthesia can be the most dangerous part of a surgery. A doctor not following the rules could mean grave injuries for the patient.

Why does it happen?

Anesthesia medical malpractice may happen for a number of reasons: defective equipment, not checking the equipment, administering the wrong medication or the wrong amount of medicine (either an overdose or not enough), not monitoring the patient's vital signs closely enough to pick up when something is going wrong.

And for a DC hospital or anesthesia group, not having a system to catch mistakes before they harm the patient.

Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death - right behind heart disease and cancer - and with anesthesia being such a vital part of surgery, it poses a risk of medical errors occuring for patients under the care of a surgeon or other health care professional.

What are the potential injuries?

Anesthesia malpractice can happen to anyone going under the knife and the injuries can range from not being serious to being potentially life threatening or fatal. Some of the potential injuries are a collapsed lung, stroke, or brain damage due to a lack of oxygen to the brain during or after surgery, also called a hypoxic brain injury.

If you or someone you know has suffered from an anesthesia mistake in a DC, MD or VA hospital, give us a call at 202-393-3320 for a free initial consultation and to talk with an attorney about the particulars of your case. In the mean time, you can check out videos and blogs here that will answer some questions you may have about the medical malpractice process.

But don't wait. If you know someone with a serious injury, they need help today.

The best medical malpractice lawyers in D.C. will give you information you can use to help if you were affected by preventable medical mistakes. We do this even if we can't take the case or if you're just looking for information or asking questions about a problem you or your family had with medical treatment. We think that's the way it should be.

So call us for a free, confidential talk about your situation.

And if you think a child may have been hurt by preventable medical malpractice mistakes, we'll send you Picking Up the Pieces After Medical Malpractice: A Parent's Guide;

and Getting Everything Your Special Needs Child Deserves: A Parent's Guide to Resources.

Like all of us - bus drivers, accountants, construction workers, lawyers, we all have rules to follow. And nurses, doctors, hospital techs, specialists, consultants are no different. Everyone in healthcare has rules to follow - rules that are in place to keep patients safe.

So if you think someone you know was seriously injured because someone in healthcare didn't follow the rules, or a hospital didn't have a system to make sure the right thing was done, call us or send us a confidential email. We'll give you as much information as we can about preventable medical mistakes in D.C., Maryland or Virginia and holding the healthcare system accountable for breaking the rules.

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